16Copy of contract for owner

16 Copy of contract for owner

As soon as practicable (but in any case within 5 business days) after entering into a residential building work contract, the building contractor must give the owner a readily legible signed copy of the contract, to which is attached the residential building consumer guide required under section 14(1)(k) to be attached to the contract, unless the building contractor has already given to the owner under section 39(1) a copy of the guide.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 800 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 300 penalty units.